what ionic compounds could you form from the following?
Sodium
Calcium
Neon
Phosphorus
Chlorine
i have NaCl, CaCl2, Na3P, and Ca3P2
is that all and can neon be used?
1 answer
I think you have all of them. P and Cl will form PCl3 and PCl5 but those compounds are polar covalent (Electronegativity difference of about 1 so they are about 25% ionic and 75% covalent [approximately]).